the anatomy of a cunning plan:..
claim to open mining in schedule four land….
and then ‘bow to public pressure’….
..and get the green light to go gung-ho with the/any mining … outside of section four land..
brilliant..!
had the government come right out and said they planned to map/extract in northland/west coast…
..they would have faced the uproar they faced for their section four proposals…
..and now…?
..they have ‘listened to the people’…
(is that called ‘the strawman-con’..?
..or ‘the bait and switch’..?..)
“.. Mr Key denied there were divisions between ministers over the extent of planned mining, saying Mr Brownlee had proposed scrapping the plans and the Cabinet was unanimous.
But both he and Mr Brownlee made it clear that they now considered the Government had a green light to allow mining on any areas outside schedule 4.
“As the discussion has progressed, it’s identified very clearly where the industry can go and where it can’t go in the future,” Mr Brownlee said.
The Government would fund a significant aeromagnetic survey of non-schedule 4 land in the West Coast and in Northland to identify mineral deposits, with an “expectation” of increased mining.
But WWF NZ executive director Chris Howe said the Government did not have a mandate to allow mining anywhere outside schedule 4, and the areas to be surveyed, including the world heritage site, had high conservation values…”
go to source/story>>> Heritage site at risk of mining | Stuff.co.nz
